This Day Is...

World Suicide Prevention Day is held on September 10th each year as an initiative of the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP), and is co-sponsored by the World Health Organization (WHO). The theme in 2009 is "Suicide Prevention in Different Cultures." Begun in 2003, the purpose of World Suicide Prevention Day is to improve education about suicide, disseminate information, decrease stigmatization and, most importantly, raise awareness that suicide is preventable. World Suicide Prevention Day 2009, "Suicide Prevention in Different Cultures" provides an opportunity to remind people that suicide is influenced by cultural, religious, legal, historical, philosophical and traditional factors and that these contexts need to be taken into account in considering suicide prevention. Suicide needs to be understood in terms of its cultural background, and, to save lives, suicide prevention programs need to be tailored to different cultural contexts. Read More...

When I was 16 a very good friend of mine hung himself in his parents garage.
I think of him often and wonder where he would have taken his amazing artistic talents.
If now, at 31, he would have the peace and the love he longed for...
I know I do.
I have scars that remind me every day of how important it is to remember that depression and desperation are treatable.
Remember today that suicide is real, take any threats seriously, and it is preventable.
Conrad you are missed.